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EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2016
EQUITY [Abstract]  
EQUITY

 

NOTE 4 • EQUITY 

ATM. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, we and our Operating Partnership entered into an At the Market sales agreement (“ATM”) with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as sales agent, pursuant to which we may from time to time sell our Common Shares having an aggregate offering price of up to $75 million. The shares would be issued pursuant to our currently-effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR. On June 1, 2016, we and our Operating Partnership terminated the ATM sales agreement with Baird according to its terms. We did not issue any shares under the ATM.

Equity Awards. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, we issued approximately 378,000 Common Shares, with a total grant-date value of approximately $1.4 million, under our 2015 Incentive Award Plan, for executive officer and trustee share based compensation for future performance. We also issued approximately 59,000 Common Shares, with a total grant-date value of approximately $352,000, under our 2008 Incentive Award Plan, for trustee share based compensation for fiscal year 2016 performance. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, we issued approximately 220,000 Common Shares, net of withholding, with a total grant-date value of approximately $1.6 million, under our 2008 Incentive Award Plan, for executive officer and trustee share based compensation for fiscal year 2015 performance.

DRIP. We have implemented a Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (“DRIP”), which provides our common shareholders and the unitholders of the Operating Partnership an opportunity to invest their cash distributions in Common Shares and to purchase additional Common Shares through voluntary cash contributions. A DRIP participant cannot purchase additional Common Shares in excess of $10,000 per month, unless waived by us. We did not issue any waivers during the three months ended July 31, 2016 and 2015.

As permitted under the DRIP, starting on October 1, 2015, we changed the source from which Common Shares will be purchased under the DRIP to open market transactions, which are not eligible for purchase price discounts. During the three months ended July 31, 2016, no shares were issued under the DRIP. During the three months ended July 31, 2015, approximately 766,000 Common Shares with a total value included in equity of $5.2 million, and an average price per share after applicable discounts of $6.84, were issued under the DRIP.

Exchange Rights. Pursuant to the exercise of Exchange Rights, there were no Common Shares issued in exchange for Units during the three months ended July 31, 2016. During the three months ended July 31, 2015, approximately 78,000 Common Shares were issued in exchange for Units, with a total value of approximately $576,000 included in equity.